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"This [pitch] happened in my first season with Barcelona and and I was so angry, so upset. I grew up and am a more mature guy. I look to the other side. It is business. We pray before the game that there would be no injuries and that's what happened. We know what we have to do but it is always the same. It is a business. For the teams, it doesn't matter."

The surface was not pretty and played worse than it looked, with an uneven bounce and clumps of turf coming unstuck as the game played out.

The grass was only laid at 5am on Tuesday morning, with the stadium having been used for a Taylor Swift concert on Sunday night.